Monday Link Round Up: June 6, 2016

News to start your week! One of the famous stories of music history is the way in which Bach’s music fell into obscurity after his death to be rediscovered later by Felix Mendelssohn.  I’ve just been made aware of the work of Bach scholar Christoph Wolff...

Monday Link Round Up: June 15

Here are some top stories from over the weekend: Anne Midgette of the Washington Post has a great profile of Kim Pensinger Witman, Senior Director of The Wolf Trap Opera and classical programming at Wolf Trap.  You can also follow Witman’s blog here. June is...

Remembering Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

The most recent work by R. Larry Todd, one of the foremost scholars of the Mendelssohn family, turns the attention away from Felix and to his older sister, Fanny.  The book, entitled Fanny Hensel – The Other Mendelssohn pays credit to the all too often neglected life...

Mendelssohn Scandal?

Numerous concerts have been planned to honor Felix Mendelssohn on the occasion of his 200th birthday. Though some bemoan the lack of enthusiasm for this momentous remembrance in the history of Western music, no one can deny that the recognition that Felix is receiving...